The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno

Chronology
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Episode 144-145 (Int. Episode 154-155)
Information
Title:	The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno
Japanese title:	上野発北斗星3号 (Ueno-hatsu Hokutosei Sangō)
Original airdate:	May 10, 1999 (Part 1) May 17, 1999 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	18.9% 19.4%
Manga case:	#62
Season:	4
Manga source:	Volume 22: Files 4-7 (215-218)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Shinichi Kudo Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Natsue Hatamoto Takeshi Hatamoto Yukiko Kudo Yusaku Kudo Kyohei Nishimura Detective Tamura
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Yusaku Kudo
Next Conan's Hint:	B-class sleeping car (Part 1) Disguise (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama (chief)
Organizer:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Storyboard:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Episode director:	144: Nana Harada 145: Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	144: Atsushi Aono 145: Keiko Sasaki
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Keiko Sasaki (sub-character) Yasuhiro Moriki (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2) Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2) Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri, Next Conan's Hint (Part 1) Hideyuki Tanaka as Yusaku Kudo Sumi Shimamoto as Fumiyo Akechi, Yukiko Kudo Hikaru Hanada as Kyohei Nishimura Takashi Nagasako as Detective Tamura Shigeru Ushiyama as Keitaro Izumo Takashi Taniguchi as Toshinori Kaetsu Yuzuru Fujimoto as Akishige Ishizuchi Seiko Fujiki as Azusa Izumo Tsutomu Tsuji as Yasuji Asama Kouichi Nagano as Toru Aoba Yuri Aso as Natsue Hatamoto Yasuyuki Kase as Conductor (Episode 144) Isshin Chiba as Waiter (Episode 144), Announcement (Episode 145) Hiromichi Kogami as Passenger A (Episode 144) Mari Tomokawa as Passenger B (Episode 144) Wataru Takagi as Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Girigiri chop
Closing song:	Still for your love

The North Star No.3 Express Leaving Ueno (上野発北斗星3号 ,Ueno-hatsu Hokutosei Sangō) is the 144th and 145th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Characters introduced

Kyohei Nishimura
	Inspector from Hokkaido Prefecture Police

Detective Tamura
	Detective from Hokkaido Prefecture Police

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Shinichi Kudo (flashback) Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Natsue Hatamoto (background) Takeshi Hatamoto (background) Yukiko Kudo Yusaku Kudo

Case

Situation

Part 1

Conan, Kogoro, and Ran take the overnight North Star Express to Hokkaido to meet a former client. On the train, they meet up with a series of people. However, in the night, a murder case occurs when a burglar seemingly kills a jewelry trader, and escapes through the window.

Murder
	Location: North Star No.3 Express lobby car Victim: Keitaro Izumo Age: 56 years old Cause of death: Gunshot wound to left temple Suspects: Yasuji Asama Jewelry owner dead by Asama disguised shoot head.

The train stops to find his dead body outside.

Accident?
	Location: Railroad Victim: Yasuji Asama Age: 39 years old Cause of death: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Toshinori Kaetsu, Akishige Ishizuchi, Toru Aoba, and Azusa Izumo Criminal shoots window to throw out dead body from train outside.

Conan noticed that the plot is very similar to an unpublished novel written by his father that had been stolen ten years before. However, unable to contact Yusaku Kudo, Conan takes the case into his own hands, and finds his mother on the train.

Part 2

Conan reveals to the suspicious woman that he knows her identity - it is Yukiko Kudo, his mother, in disguise. As they discuss the case, Kogoro calls all the passengers to witness his inaccurate deduction, enabling Conan to figure out the trick. However, a worried Conan recalls that in the novel, the detective boy who solved the case was murdered by the trap he set for the criminal. Yukiko volunteers to act as a decoy to help him find the proof.

People

Yasuji Asama
	Victim (bludgeoned) 39 years old Passenger

Toshinori Kaetsu
	38 years old Jewelry store manager

Keitaro Izumo
	Victim (gunshot) 56 years old Jewelry store owner

Akishige Ishizuchi
	67 years old Furuito City mayor

Toru Aoba
	32 years old Passenger

Fumiyo Akechi
	37 years old Passenger

Azusa Izumo
	49 years old Keitaro's wife

Kyohei Nishimura
	Inspector from Hokkaido Prefecture Police

Detective Tamura
	Detective from Hokkaido Prefecture Police

Resolution

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When the train lands at Sapporo Station, however, Conan and Yukiko are separated and the criminal moves, intending to push her onto the tracks.

Attempted murder
	Location: Sapporo Station Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido Victim: Yukiko Kudo as Fumiyo Akechi Crime: Pushed to railway Culprit: Toshinori Kaetsu The killer attempts to kill Yukiko by pushing her into the railway but is stopped by Yusaku.

Yusaku appears just in time and reveals the trick and his own identity to the criminal, who had idolized his work. The culprit is Toshinori Kaetsu.

Kaetsu dressed like Asama and made people believe that he jump off the train by using his fishing equipment. First, he hit Asama in the head until he died and broke the window using silenced gun. Then, he put the fishing line through the belt loop on the back of his pants and hung him outside the window. He tied the side of the fishing line to the pulley and the other to something stable outside the room. Lastly, he used another fishing line, looped one end, and put a piece of tape through it. He passed the other end into the lock and tied the end to the line he cut. After that, he went to the lobby car, shot Izumo, and ran back to Asama's room. He opened the door and fired some shots to make people believe he shattered the window then. He saw Kogoro and the conductors following him, so he shot at them. While they were shielding themselves from the bullets, he went to hide himself next to the stairs and cut the fishing line to release the string from the pulley so the corpse will be released. When the line was cut, the corpse would drag the fishing line tied to the door down. The dragging force released the tape but the inertia made the door close completely. He used this trick to framed Asama on the murder of Izumo. He chose to operate in the tunnel in the middle of the night because he didn't want people off the train to see the corpse hanging off. Also, the hallway was dark so no one would see the fishing line tied to the room. Lastly, he put sleeping pills in his wife's dinner box so she couldn't hear the gunshot. The shirt the criminal used is found on his luggage together with the disguise outfit. This is the evidence that he is really the culprit.

Kaetsu admitted the two murders and revealed he imitated the unpublished novel of a famous novelist that he likes. He, Asama and a female accomplice were members of the robbing gang. It is the accomplice who is his girlfriend dies of over consume drugs. Kaetsu left the gang and planned to avenge both Asuma for forcing his girlfriend to over consume drugs and Izumo for selling his girlfriend drugs. He had Asama rob Izumo's jewelry store but Izumo didn't know anything, he pressed the alert bell and Asama escaped. He later planned to have both Izumo and Asama to take the overnight North Star Express. Yusaku asks if he follows the incomplete novel of Yusaku and uses it to construct the murders, much to Kaetsu's surprise until Yusaku reveals himself to be the author of that unfished novel. After being convinced by Yusaku, Kaetsu surrendered. Yusaku and Yukiko flew back to Los Angeles.

Trivia

• The train is a JR Freight Class EF510-501 Hokutosei (北斗星).
• Every case character's name is related to a Japanese train:
  • Yasuji Asama is named after the Asama train service of the Shinkansen;
  • Keitaro Izumo is named after the Sunrise Izumo overnight sleeping car train service;
  • Akishige Ishizuchi is named after the Ishizuchi train service;
  • Toru Aoba is named after the now-defunct Aoba train services;
  • Azusa Izumo, although already named after the Sunrise Izumo, is also named after the Azusa train service;
  • Other than Fumiyo Akechi, who is Yukiko in disguise (this alias is named after the famous Japanese detective Kogoro Akechi's wife; created by Edogawa Ranpo.
• Moreover, the name of the Hokkaido Police which appeared in this case, Kyohei Nishimura (whose full name was only conceived in movie 27), is a tribute to the Japanese mystery author Kyotaro Nishimura, who frequently utilises railways as story settings within his novels.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	ギリギリchop	Girigiri chop	On the edge chop	Girigiri chop
2	蘭・愛のテーマ	Ran・Ai no Tēma	Ran's Love Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	推理 （不気味ver.）	Suiri (Bukimi ver.)	Deduction (Ominous ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
10	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	何かが起きる…	Nanika ga Okiru...	Something Happened...	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
12	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	ギリギリchop	Girigiri chop	On the edge chop	Girigiri chop
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
5	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	推理 （不気味ver.）	Suiri (Bukimi ver.)	Deduction (Ominous ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	真相究明	Shinsō Kyūmei	Investigating the Truth	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
9	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	蘭のテーマ （優しさver.）	Ran no Tēma (Yasashisa ver.)	Ran's Theme (Gentle ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love

Quotes

• Extracts from Yusaku Kudo's novel:

1. The sound of gun shot and screams... (銃声と悲鳴がトンネル内の轟音をかき消した…)
2. The man ran through the aisle as if he were a starved beast... (その男は、飢えた獣のごとく、闇の通路を駆け抜け…)
3. But the man was no longer anywhere in sight... The wind and the sound of the train played their clamorous tune... (だが、男の姿はもうそこにはなく…風と列車音がけたたましい曲を奏でていた…)
4. The young man wearing black rimmed glasses smiled a smirk of victory. (黒緣の眼鏡の青年は、勝ち誇ったかの様に一笑した…その推理力故に自らが命を落とす羽目になるとも知らないで…)
5. The killer sneaks silently up behind the young detective... with his blood-stained hands... lightly pushes the vulnerable back of the detective... and covers the entire platform with blood... (罪人は音もなく若き探偵の背後に忍びより…血塗られた両手でその無防備な背を軽く突いて…プラットホームを血に染めた…)

• Yusaku Kudo (to the culprit Toshinori Kaetsu):

If you felt in any way moved by my novel... I'll recommend you to turn yourself in. Because the killer in that novel in the end was scheduled to turn himself into the police after regretting all that he did.
(もしもあなたが私の小説に少しでも感銘を受けられたのなら…自首する事をお勧めしたい。あの小説の犯人は、ラストで全ての罪を悔いて警察に出頭する予定でしたから。)

• Yusaku Kudo recounting jokes after the case has been solved:

Yusaku's guffaw at Yukiko.

Yukiko Kudo: But I sure sense fate, for you to come and save me just in the nick of time.
(工藤有希子「でも運命だよねー私の大ピンチに間一髪で駆けつけてくれるんだもの。」)

Yusaku Kudo: In the nick of time? I was there near you from about two minutes before everything happened.
(工藤優作「間一髪？オレは２分ぐらい前からずっどおまえのそばにいたが…」)

Yukiko Kudo: Huh? Then what? You mean you waited doing something until I was almost pushed?
(工藤有希子「え？じゃーなーに？私が突き飛ばさせる寸前まで黙って見てたってわけ？」)

Yusaku Kudo: Yes. I wanted to be sure that he was the killer. Besides, the stage of the novel was the Seikan Tunnel. So, I silently watch over you.
(工藤優作「ああ…あの人が犯人だという確証が欲しかったし…それになんたってトリックの舞台は青函トンネル…黙って静観してたというわけさ！」)

Yukiko Kudo: He gives me the shivers.
(工藤有希子「さむいわね…」)

Conan Edogawa: It is Hokkaido, after all.
(江戸川コナン「ああ…北海道だからな…」)

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	L'exprés Estrella del nord número 3	The North Star express number 3
Catalan (Valencian dub)	Assassinat al tren Estrela del Nord	Murder in the North Star train
French	Le Meurtre de l'"Étoile du nord"	The Murder of the "North Star"
Galician	Asasinato a bordo do Estrela Polar	Murder aboard the Polar Star
German	Mord im Speisewagen	Murder in the Dining Car
Italian	Assassino sull'Intercity	Murder on the Intercity Train
Spanish (American dub)	Asesinato en el tren expreso Hokutosei número 3	Murder in the express train Hokutosei number 3
Spanish (Castilian dub)	Asesinato en el Estrella del Norte	Murder in the North Star
Thai	โฮคุโตะเซย์หมายเลข 3 ต้นทางอุเอโนะ	Hokutosei No.3 - Leaving Ueno
Vietnamese	Vụ án trên chuyến tàu cao tốc ngôi sao Bắc Đẩu số 3	The North Star No.3 Express Case

See also

• Season 4